Even if mostly by luck, the economy does better under Democratic presidents than Republicans

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Jan 30, 2014 at 12:01 AMJan 30, 2014 at 2:55 PM

THIS is from The Wall Street Journal, the notorious left-wing rag:

The U.S. economy has performed better since World War II when the president is a Democrat rather than a Republican, two prominent Princeton University economists conclude. The reasons, they say, involve more luck than successful policies.

Over the past 64 years and 16 presidential terms, the U.S. grew at an average rate of 4.35% when a Democrat was in the White House and at a 2.54% when a Republican was, a gap the economists call “astoundingly large.”

The research was done by Alan Blinder, a macroeconomist who served in ...

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THIS is from The Wall Street Journal, the notorious left-wing rag:

The U.S. economy has performed better since World War II when the president is a Democrat rather than a Republican, two prominent Princeton University economists conclude. The reasons, they say, involve more luck than successful policies.

Over the past 64 years and 16 presidential terms, the U.S. grew at an average rate of 4.35% when a Democrat was in the White House and at a 2.54% when a Republican was, a gap the economists call “astoundingly large.”

The research was done by Alan Blinder, a macroeconomist who served in ...